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“All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake.”

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Book:The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats

Source: The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats

“Art is just a series of natural gestures. For God's sake, don't try to be artistic - all wild animals walk the same way.”

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Book:John Marin

Source: John Marin

“It is when we create things for God's sake that our work most clearly promotes His glory, rather than threatening to compete with it. Thus the true purpose of art is the same as the true purpose of anything: it is not for ourselves or for our own self-expression, but for the service of others and the glory of God.”

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Author:Philip Graham Ryken

“All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.”

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Author:Oscar Wilde

“So many people think that practicing an art is a good way to make a living. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. I'm talking about singing in the shower, I'm talking about dancing to the radio, I'm talking about writing a poem to a friend.”

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Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.”

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Author:Eric Drooker

“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.”

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Book:On My Painting - Max Beckmann

Source: On My Painting - Max Beckmann

“Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw